Central African mangroves

Central African mangroves
Central African mangroves
	Douala Edéa National Park
	Map of the Central African mangroves
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	mangrove
Borders	List Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands; Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests; Cross–Niger transition forests; Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests; Guinean forest–savanna mosaic; Niger Delta swamp forests; Nigerian lowland forests; Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic;
Geography
Area	27,570 km2 (10,640 sq mi)
Countries	List Angola; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Nigeria;
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	7,261 km2 (26%)

The Central African mangroves ecoregion consists of the largest area of mangrove swamp in Africa, located on the coasts of West Africa, mainly in Nigeria.

^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]